Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use and Its Association with Quality of Life among Cancer Patients Receiving Chemotherapy in Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 3

Quality of life (EORTC QLQ-C30) scores among CAM users and non-CAM users ().

EORTC QLQ-C30	Non-CAM users	CAM users	value
	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD
Global health status	61.54 ± 2.34	59.76 ± 2.16	0.583
Functional scales
Cognitive	79.56 ± 3.43	77.49 ± 3.77	0.158
Physical	80.74 ± 1.21	79.21 ± 1.89	0.367
Emotional	71.72 ± 3.15	69.81 ± 2.99	0.454
Role	62.89 ± 2.21	60.34 ± 2.73	0.510
Social	59.43 ± 3.94	58.35 ± 3.89	0.458
Symptom scales
Fatigue	31.46 ± 4.61	34.75 ± 3.37	0.283
Nausea & vomiting	49.72 ± 1.29	51.12 ± 1.99	0.420
Appetite loss	24.71 ± 3.68	24.16 ± 3.37	0.418
Pain	33.08 ± 4.45	36.14 ± 4.13	0.091
Dyspnoea	13.77 ± 1.61	11.41 ± 2.83	0.914
Insomnia	42.78 ± 4.49	46.79 ± 3.95	0.218
Diarrhoea	28.22 ± 1.64	29.44 ± 1.03	0.361
Constipation	29.74 ± 2.32	28.83 ± 2.52	0.131
Financial difficulties	46.27 ± 3.71	54.86 ± 4.67	0.020

Significant association (p value less than 0.05).